NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 716

HOUSE BILL 1083

AN ACT TO VALIDATE ACTS OF NOTARIES PUBLIC IN CERTAIN INSTANCES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 10-12, as it appears in the 1967 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1B of the General Statutes, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"G.S. 10-12.  Acts of notaries public in certain instances validated. (a) The acts of any person heretofore performed after appointment as a notary public and prior to qualification as a notary public:

(1)        In taking any acknowledgment, or

(2)        In notarizing any instrument, or

(3)        In performing any act purportedly in the capacity of a notary public are hereby declared to be valid and of the same legal effect as if such person had qualified as a notary public prior to performing any such acts.

(b)        All instruments with respect to which any such person as is described in subsection (a) of this Section has purported to act in the capacity of a notary public shall have the same legal effect as if such person acting as a notary public had in fact qualified as a notary public prior to performing any acts with respect to such instruments."

Sec. 2.  This Act shall not apply to pending litigation.

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of June, 1969.